My blogging energy is running low this week because of the tension and anticipation accompanying the move of my About Weblogs blogs to b5media. I’m stressed even though I can’t do anything more than refresh the screen once every two minutes to see if the blogs are set-up in their new homes. Shai and the other technical folks are doing it all from importing content to template design and installation. The rest of us bloggers are just holding our breath and keeping our fingers crossed.

For a busybody like me, it’s hard to stand aside and watch others do the work. If I could keep myself busy doing something to help, I’d probably be hyped up by the adrenaline instead of worn down by the waiting. I’ve been this way as early as grade school. For instance, during school concerts, I’d strut around trying to look busy and important to push aside my nervous feelings.

Whenever I can do something to help, I do it. I open strollers for struggling mothers, hold the elevator doors for delivery people, and ask crying women (haven’t met a crying man yet) if they’re ok. Some people might think I’m an annoying busybody in which case I apologize. But I genuinely want to help and have no ulterior motives.

I believe society would be a safer and more pleasant place if we looked out for one another. Not in a meddling, nosy kind of way, but with the small things that help ease our passage through the day. In fact, blogging is one of my small contributions to a better world.